Politics Counts: Who the 47% Actually Vote For

By

Dante Chinni

Sep 18, 2012 11:39 am ET

Of all the news generated in Mitt Romney’s comments from a fundraiser that surfaced Monday – and there was plenty of it – the most eye-catching element, from the perspective of Patchwork Nation, was how misguided the premise behind the comments was.

In his comments Mr. Romney ignored some basic facts about the way people in different kinds of places actually vote, and he also seemed to fundamentally misunderstand a crucial piece of his base, according to polls: social conservatives.